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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Judaism's mystical number is seven - Greensboro Religious Perspectives | Examiner.com

Judaism's mystical number is seven - Greensboro Religious Perspectives | Examiner.com: "The Holidays begin at the Jewish New Year, which commences during the seventh month of the Jewish calendar. Yitro was the first real convert to Judaism by the Torah’s account; he had 7 different names, and 7 daughters. His daughter Batsheva (literally meaning the 7th daughter) married Moses; to whom which the Torah was revealed. Moses was the 7th generation after Abraham, and was born on the same day he died: the 7th of Adar. The number seven, and variations of that number are continually found within the scriptures and Holidays of Judaism. A mere coincidence it is not."